Peters



initrd tant @anni @Mina J. W. BYRS, OF MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

' 11mm .Panam No'. 90,496, zaad May 2t, 1869.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in 4which is' represented a front elevation of my improved gate.

llhe nature of my invention consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts of a gate, by means of' which the'front ends thereof may be elevated to and secured at various heights, so as to clear obstructions, or to allow small ganimals, fowls, dto., to pass beneath, Without interfering with the usual operation of the same, as is fully' described herenatter.

Inthe annexed drawing-u AA, dta., represent a series of parallel slats, or bars, pivoted horizontally Within three vertical bars or up rights, B, O, and D, two of which, B and D, areplaced at the ends of said horizontal slats, while' the third, 0, is secured near the cen-tre of the same, the whole forming a panel or gate.

To the rear upright, B, are secured two hinges, b b, which are of. the usual form and construction, and pass over pintles e e, ydriven into a post, E, placed vertically in the ground.

A similar post, F, is placed at the opposite end of the gate, and provided with asuitable catch, j, consisting of a double incline, with a central notch, with which the outer end of a latch, a, is made to engage, its inner'end being pivoted within the vertical bar C.v

G represents a brace, extending dia oually Afrom the inner lower corner of the upright B o the top of lthe upright O, said bracebeing pivoted at its lower end to the lower horizontal bar, and secured at its upper end by means of a pin, g, passing through corresponding hoies in said brace and the upper bar.

Each of the uprights, B, C, and D, and the brace G," are preferably made of two pieces of `hpard, 'placed upon opposite sides of the bars, and secured together by means of screws xx, dto., passing through the saine; but ii' desired, said nprights and brace may be mede of single pieces, although a gate so constructed would be less strong than if said parts were double.

It will be readily seen that this construction of the gate permits its.outer end to be elevated whenever the pin g is removed from the upper end of the brace, and that when thus elevated, as shown by the red lines, it may be securely' held in position by passing said. pin through corresponding holes in said brace and one ofthe upper bars, so that ifa sujcient nuanber of holes is provided, said gate can, within certain limits, be adjusted to and `secured at any desired height.

. For ordinary use, however, but one change of pest tion will be required, and for such change, a second catch; f,`is provided, and secured to the post F, at a suitable distance above the first.

It is believed thatthis gate possesses many adv'an-r tages over 'any in use, as its parts are so few and sunple as to enable any farmer to construct it, and while very durable, it can be furnished at' a small cost, so that its general use is very certain.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, l What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent, is-

The within-describedI gate, consisting of the hori zontal bars A A', Sto., pivoted within the upright-s l?, O, and D, and provided with the diagonal brace te, pivoted at its lower end to the lower bar, and secured at its upper end to uppers bar, by means of the pin y,

substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of April, 1869. J. W. BYERS. Witnesses:

Guo. S. PnrNDLn, EDM. F. Bnown.` 

